AFDMA Instructors

American Board Osteopathic Family Practice

Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences-College of Osteopathiec Medicine

Osteopathic Rotating Internship Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, Tulsa, Ok 1985

Osteopathic Family Practice
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH 1986

Osteopathic Family Medicine
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine-FDM

Byron Perkins, DO, Medical Director
Cornerstone Clinic: Medical & Counseling Center
Center for Osteopathic Research and Education-FDM

Dr. Perkins is a graduate of the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, MO, 1984. He interned at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa, and completed a residency in Osteopathic Family Practice at Doctor’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Board certified in Osteopathic Family Medicine, his current practice focuses on primary care, mental health, wellness, musculoskeletal injuries and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. He maintains hospital privileges at both Providence Alaska Medical Center and Alaska Regional Hospital.

He began his medical practice at the Norton Sound Health Corporation in Nome, and practiced at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage before co-founding Cornerstone Clinic Medical and Counseling Center. He was introduced to the Fascial Distortion Model by Dr. Stephen Typaldos, DO, in 2004, and has been practicing in the model ever since. He was instrumental in the founding of the American Fascial Distortion Association in 2007, served as its President from 2009-2011. He became a Certified FDM Instructor in 2008, and has lectured nationally (Alaska, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Hawaii, California) and internationally (Africa, Japan, Mongolia, Austria) since that time.

In 2010, the Center for Osteopathic Research and Education was dedicated at Cornerstone Clinic, and for the past 13 years, 90% of Dr. Perkins clinical work has involved Osteopathic Manipulation utilizing the FDM. He was introduced to Dr. Robert Schleip, PhD, Professor at the University of Ulm, Germany, Fascia Research Center, while presenting at the International FDM Congress in Vienna, Austria in 2011. He became a founding member of the Fascia Research Society while attending the Third International Fascia Research Congress in Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and attended the Fourth International Fascia Research Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2015.

His current affiliations include the Alaska Osteopathic Medical Association, the Alaska State Medical Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Fascial Distortion Model Association, and the American Osteopathic Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Fascial Distortion Model Association in Bangor ME, the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation in Portland, OR, Anchorage Project Access in Anchorage, AK, and Northwest University in Kirkland, WA. He has held Associate Clinical Faculty appointments at the University of Washington, School of Medicine (WWAMI), and maintains teaching appointments with several Osteopathic Colleges of Medicine, precepting medical students and Family Practice residents in Osteopathic Principles and Practice at Cornerstone Clinic.

Dr. Perkins is an osteopathic physician who enjoys his work immensely. He values the opportunity to train others in the Fascial Distortion Model. He is gifted in teaching and is sought out by students and physicians for hands on training in osteopathic medicine. He is passionate about treating the whole person, mind, body and spirit. His legacy is in “Training the Next Generation”